Influence of Cement-Voids Ratio on Stress-Dilatancy Behavior of Artificially Cemented Sand

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Nilo Cesar Consoli (Author) Other; Rodrigo Caberlon Cruz (Author) Other; Antonio Viana da Fonseca (Author) FEUP; Matthew Richard Coop (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering

Vol. 138

Pages: 100-109

ISSN: 1090-0241

Publisher: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-GY9

DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0000565

Abstract (EN): The addition of cement is an interesting remediation technique when the project requires improvement of the local soil for the construction of pavement base layers, in slope protection of earth dams and canal linings, as a support layer for shallow foundations and to prevent sand liquefaction. The present study was carried out to quantify the influence of the amount of cement and the porosity in a cement-voids ratio, defined as the ratio between the volume of cement and the volume of voids of a mixture, on the stress-dilatancy behavior of an artificially cemented sand. A program of triaxial compression tests considering three distinct cement-voids ratios was carried out with two combinations of volumes of voids and volumes of cement at each cement-voids ratio. Results showed that the stress-dilatancy relationship is alike for a given cement-voids ratio and that the stress-strain behavior is also similar. The cement-voids ratio is therefore an appropriate parameter to assess stress-dilatancy of the sand-cement mixture studied. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000565. (C) 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10